Before K1X released, I’ve compared K-01Xs and K1 side by side in a local distributor. I can immediately hear the big difference between two machines, K1 sounds much better than K-01Xs. If you have enough budget, I highly recommend you to buy K1X or a 2nd hand K1 instead of K-01Xs. Finally I bought a very good condition 2nd hand K1 and just love it, it’s many step ahead than my K-03X.
Actually K1 is my third Esoteric CDP. The first one I own was X-03SE, then K-03X and now K1. I just want to say I have no regret to buy this brand, very satisfy. Just only one thing I don’t like is Esoteric change their model every fast (every 5 years). If you just bought their K-01X in last year than the 2nd hand price of K-01X drop a lot now.
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